Ted Lasso burglary spree: £2m worth of valuables stolen in raids on homes that featured on hit show, including property owned by chart-topping musician

The Apple TV+ production, which is reportedly seeing a fourth series lined up, is set in the affluent Richmond Green area of the English capital. Four properties in that region of south-west London have been ransacked, leading to over £2 million ($2.5m) worth of valuables being taken.

The multi-million pound properties in question are all said to have featured on Ted Lasso, with one used as the home of AFC Richmond owner Rebecca Walton – who is played on screen by Hannah Waddingham. Another, worth £8m, belongs to chart-topping 'The Verve' musician Richard Ashcroft.

A local resident has told The Sun: "You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out that someone from the gang probably watched the programme at some point. They must have realised the rich pickings to be had from the area."

Dan O’Sullivan, Temporary Detective Superintendent, said of the police investigation that has been opened: "We are aware of a number of burglaries in the Richmond Green area and are taking proactive steps to deter offenders and reassure residents. Enquiries are ongoing. It is believed that some of the break-ins may be linked."

Locals are now said to be "terrified they are going to be hit next", with no arrests made as yet. During one of the raids in question, a safe containing £400,000 of jewellery is said to have been taken. An estimated £1m worth of goods were stolen from ‘Bittersweet Symphony’ star Ashcroft, including a Patek Philippe watch.